"US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on
Wednesday proposed making it easier to round up geese from a federal
refuge near Kennedy Airport and kill them.... A plan to kill hundreds of geese [by] rounding [the] birds up and gassing them - or euthanizing
them, as the agency prefers"
"Geese targeted as risk aloft" April 27, 2012|By Karen Matthews
NEW
YORK - The problem of birds living near some of the nation’s busiest
airports is coming under renewed scrutiny after two emergency landings
in a week and more than three years after the famous ditching of a
jetliner in the Hudson River.
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on
Wednesday proposed making it easier to round up geese from a federal
refuge near Kennedy Airport and kill them, an idea that is meeting
opposition from wildlife advocates....
Canada
geese are not native to the New York City area and are widely considered
a nuisance, not only because of the threat to planes but also because
of the damage they wreak and droppings they leave in parks and golf
courses. A plan last year to kill hundreds of geese at New York City
parks met with opposition.
The USDA has wildlife-control contracts
at most of New York’s airports including Kennedy, LaGuardia, and
Westchester. Besides rounding birds up and gassing them - or euthanizing
them, as the agency prefers - its methods include scaring the geese
with starter pistols, shooting them with real guns, and putting corn oil
on their eggs to smother the embryonic chicks.
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Also see: Boston's Wild Goose Chase
Wind Power Not For Birds
Fly Away Little Birdie, Fly, Fly, Fly
We are talking holocaust numbers, aren't we?
